{"title":"Trader Vic's","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIn 1932, Victor Bergeron opened a small Oakland pub called Hinky Dink's with a potbelly stove and $700. By 1936 — after a San Francisco columnist wrote that the best restaurant in the city was actually in Oakland — he'd become \"Trader Vic,\" and the bar had become Trader Vic's. What followed reshaped American drinking: Bergeron traveled the world collecting the design elements, flavors, and rituals of the tropics, built the template for Tiki as we know it, and in 1944 invented the Mai Tai, introducing it to the Hawaiian Islands in the 1950s and exporting Polynesian cocktail culture worldwide. More than 80 years later, the Trader Vic's line carries that legacy to the home bar. The rums are built as mixing rums first — Gold, Dark, Coconut, Spiced, and a 151 overproof — the workhorses behind Mai Tais, Painkillers, punches, and Scorpions rather than slow neat sippers. The liqueur side runs deeper into dessert and tropical territory: Macadamia Nut (one of the very few on the market), medium-dark Chocolate, White Chocolate, and a Silver Medal-winning Amaretto. Affordable, functional, and historically foundational — the bottles that built the drinks everyone else copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBrowse our full Trader Vic's collection with fast nationwide shipping delivered straight to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"trader-vics-151-overproof-rum","title":"Trader Vic's 151 Overproof Rum","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eTrader Vic's 151 Overproof Rum carries one of the most legendary names in tiki culture — and at 75.5% ABV, it carries the proof to back it up. Victor Jules Bergeron Jr. — better known as Trader Vic — was the Oakland restaurateur who invented the Mai Tai in 1944 and helped define the entire tiki cocktail movement that swept postwar America. His rum line was created specifically for the bar programs at his celebrated chain of tiki restaurants, and the 151 expression remains the most sought-after in the lineup for serious cocktail builders. Distilled in Puerto Rico and bottled in the United States, Trader Vic's 151 is a big, spicy, full-bodied overproof rum built for the cocktail techniques that made tiki famous — floating, flaming, and adding serious backbone to punch bowls and tropical drinks. The nose delivers molasses, vanilla, cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg, while the palate brings big spicy vanilla with huge viscosity, dark sugarcane, tropical spice, and caramelized sweetness — surprisingly not overpowering given the proof, finishing long and warming with oak and lingering spice. Float it on a Zombie or Scorpion Bowl and watch the crowd react. Buy Trader Vic's 151 Overproof Rum online with fast shipping right to your door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chips Liquor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43501486473472,"sku":"C0005915L","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0057\/8089\/7892\/products\/TraderViks151Proof.jpg?v=1671589479"},{"product_id":"trader-vics-dark-rum","title":"Trader Vic's Dark Rum","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_6ta1u_30\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"0\"\u003eTrader \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"7\"\u003eVic's Dark Rum \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"22\"\u003ecarries the legacy of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"44\"\u003eone of the most important names in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"79\"\u003ecocktail history — Victor Jules \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"111\"\u003eBergeron Jr., the Oakland \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"137\"\u003evisionary who invented the Mai Tai in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"175\"\u003e1944 and single-handedly defined the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"212\"\u003egolden age of tiki. While the 151 is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"249\"\u003ebuilt for drama and punch bowl \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"280\"\u003efirepower, the Dark Rum is Trader Vic's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"320\"\u003eeveryday workhorse — the bottle that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"357\"\u003ebelongs in every home tiki bar and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"392\"\u003ehandles the full range of tropical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"427\"\u003ecocktail applications with ease. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"460\"\u003eDistilled from molasses and aged in oak \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"500\"\u003ebarrels to develop its deep amber color \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"540\"\u003eand characteristic richness, Trader \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"576\"\u003eVic's Dark Rum delivers the sweet, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"611\"\u003efull-bodied Caribbean rum profile that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"650\"\u003emade tiki cocktails so beloved in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"688\"\u003efirst place. The nose brings molasses, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"727\"\u003ecaramel, vanilla, and warm baking \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"761\"\u003espice, while the palate delivers dark \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"799\"\u003esugarcane sweetness, rich toffee, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"833\"\u003etropical fruit, and a hint of oak — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"869\"\u003esmooth enough to sip over ice but \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"903\"\u003echaracterful enough to anchor a Dark \u0026amp; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"942\"\u003eStormy, a Planter's Punch, or a classic \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"982\"\u003eZombie. Built to the same \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"1008\"\u003especifications that have served Trader \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"1047\"\u003eVic's restaurants worldwide for decades \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"1087\"\u003e— a reliable, affordable dark rum with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"1126\"\u003egenuine tropical character and the most \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_6ta1u_10\" data-newtext-seq=\"1166\"\u003estoried name in tiki behind it. 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